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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Columbellidae

Astyris rosacea (Gould, 1840)


Range: 76°N to 40°N; 92°W to 0°W
Depth: 5 to 178 m (live 19 to 85 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 13  mm

Synonymy

Mitrella rosacea (Gould, 1840) 
Pyrene rosacea (Gould, 1840) 
Columbella rosacea (Gould, 1840) 
Buccinum rosaceum Gould, 1840
Mangelia holboellii Möller, 1842
Tritonium holboellii (Möller, 1842) 
Buccinum holboellii (Möller, 1842) 
Columbella holboellii (Möller, 1842) 

Details


Buccinum rosaceum Gould, 1840,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 76°N to 40°N; 92°W to 0°W
Depth: 5 to 178 m (live 19 to 85 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada: Nunavut, Queen Elizabeth Islands, Baffin Island, Labrador, Quebec; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
References: Stimpson (1851c); Posselt & Jensen (1899) M; Procter (1933) l; Thorson (1944) {M}; Macpherson (1971) DLNEW
Combining Genera:  Columbella Mitrella Pyrene

Mangelia holböllii Möller, 1842a, p. 85
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Beck
Type Locality: [West] Greenland
Depth: 5 to 109 m
Maximum Reported Size: 11 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Möller (1842a) M; M. Sars (1851); Schiötte & Warén (1992) Dds
Comments: The spelling holbollii might be preferred, depending on interpretation of ICZN Article 32.5.2.1 (Holböll was not German).
Combining Genera:  Buccinum Columbella Tritonium


Partial List of References

Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4 76-97.

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